How to Be Happy (Research)

by Gregory Ciotti

It seems a grandiose notion to define happiness with research, doesn’t it? Fear not, that’s not is what I’ll be addressing here—instead, I simply feel that research is a great place to start when observing the patterns of happy people. By looking at proven ways that have increased happiness for some people, we can begin with a gameplan to change or evaluate our own lives.Read the full article

sciencedaily.com - 4 readers - Is a happy life filled with trivial chatter or reflective and profound conversations? In a new study, the happiest participants had twice as many substantive conversations and one third as much small talk as the unhappiest participants. In addition, the happiest participants spent 25 percent less time alone and 70 percent more time talking than ...